List of Wikimedia chapters

Wikimedia chapters are national or sub-national not-for-profit organizations created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects locally, by members of the movement. Chapters are legally independent of the Wikimedia Foundation, entering into an agreement with the foundation following acceptance by the Affiliations Committee (formerly known as "Chapters Committee"), and have no control over Foundation websites. They organize regional conferences, outreach, and global events such as Wikimania.^[1][2]

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Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE) is the oldest chapter, holding its first meeting in 2004. As of 2016, it had a budget of €20 million.^[3][4] Some chapters such as WMDE get some of their funds directly from grants and supporting memberships. Some others get their funds primarily from annual plan grants from WMF. As of 2019, roughly 10% of the WMF budget is distributed in this way to chapters and thematic organizations.^[5] As of August 2019 there were 40 recognized Wikimedia chapters in 38 countries.^[6][7]

List of chapters

National

Area	Article[a]	URL	Since
Argentina	Wikimedia Argentina [es]	wikimedia.org.ar	September 1, 2007
Armenia	Վիքիմեդիա Հայաստան [hy]	wikimedia.am	March 26, 2013
Australia	Wikimedia Australia	wikimedia.org.au	March 1, 2008
Austria	Wikimedia Österreich [de]	wikimedia.at	February 26, 2008
Bangladesh	Wikimedia Bangladesh [en; bn; sat]	wikimedia.org.bd	October 3, 2011
Belgium	Wikimedia Belgium [fr; nl]	wikimedia.be	October 8, 2014
Canada	Wikimedia Canada / Wikimédia Canada [fr]	wikimedia.ca	May 24, 2011
Chile	Wikimedia Chile [es]	wikimedia.cl	July 16, 2011
Colombia	Wikimedia Colombia [es]	co.wikimedia.org	June 14, 2019
Czech Republic	Wikimedia Česká republika [cs]	wikimedia.cz	March 6, 2008
Denmark	Wikimedia Danmark	wikimedia.dk	July 3, 2009
Estonia	Wikimedia Eesti [et; fiu-vro]	et.wikimedia.org	August 31, 2010
Finland	Wikimedia Suomi [fi]	fi.wikimedia.org	September 21, 2009
France	Wikimédia France [fr]	wikimedia.fr	October 23, 2004
Germany	Wikimedia Deutschland [en; de]	wikimedia.de	June 13, 2004
Hungary	Wikimédia Magyarország [hu]	wikimedia.hu	September 27, 2008
Indonesia	Wikimedia Indonesia [id; jv; gor]	wikimedia.or.id	October 7, 2008
Israel	Wikimedia Israel [en; he]	wikimedia.org.il	June 26, 2007
Italy	Wikimedia Italia [it]	wikimedia.it	June 17, 2005
Mexico	Wikimedia México [es]	mx.wikimedia.org	August 3, 2011
Netherlands	Wikimedia Nederland [nl]	nl.wikimedia.org	March 27, 2006
Norway	Wikimedia Norge [no; nn]	wikimedia.no	June 23, 2007
Poland	Wikimedia Polska [en; pl; csb; eo]	pl.wikimedia.org	November 18, 2005
Portugal	Wikimedia Portugal [pt]	wikimedia.pt pt.wikimedia.org	July 3, 2009
Serbia	Wikimedia Serbia [sr]	rs.wikimedia.org	December 3, 2005[b]
South Africa	Wikimedia South Africa [af]	wmza.org	February 27, 2012
South Korea	위키미디어 한국 [ko]	kr.wikimedia.org	April 24, 2019
Spain	Wikimedia España [es]	wikimedia.es	February 7, 2011
Sweden	Wikimedia Sverige [sv]	wikimedia.se	December 11, 2007
Switzerland	Wikimedia CH [de; fr; it]	wikimedia.ch	May 14, 2006
Taiwan	台灣維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Taiwan [zh]	wikimedia.tw	July 4, 2007
Thailand	Wikimedia Thailand[8]	N/A	June 14, 2019
Ukraine	Вікімедіа Україна [en; uk]	ua.wikimedia.org	July 3, 2009
United Kingdom	Wikimedia UK [en; cy]	wikimedia.org.uk	January 12, 2009
Uruguay	Wikimedia Uruguay [es]	wikimedia.uy	July 12, 2013[9]
Venezuela	Wikimedia Venezuela [es]	wikimedia.org.ve	October 4, 2011

Subnational

New York City	Wikimedia New York City	nyc.wikimedia.org	January 12, 2009
Washington, D.C.	Wikimedia District of Columbia	wikimediadc.org	September 12, 2011

Former

Area	Title	URL	Period
Hong Kong	香港維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Hong Kong [zh-yue; zh]	wikimedia.hk	2008–2017[10]
Macau	澳門維基媒體協會 / Wikimedia Macau [zh]	wikimedia.org.mo	April 24, 2011 – 2017
Macedonia	Викимедија Македонија	mk.wikimedia.org	September 21, 2009 – 2017
Philippines	Wikimedia Philippines	wikimedia.org.ph	2010 – 2017[11]
India	Wikimedia India	wikimedia.in	2011 – 2019[12]
Russia	Викимедиа РУ [en; ru]	ru.wikimedia.org	May 24, 2008 – 2023

Notes

1. The links go to the articles on Meta Wikimedia (the central wiki for coordinating across projects); extra links will also appear, if they exist, to articles on the English-language and respective language Wikipedias, in that order. Therefore, most of these links will not lead to encyclopedic pages aimed at the typical reader, and might even assume the reader is already a contributor.
2. Originally "Wikimedia Serbia and Montenegro" until June 2006.

References

1. Konieczny (2009)
2. Morell (2011), p. 332
3. "Wikimedia chapters". Meta-Wiki. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
4. "Jahresplan 2016 – Wikimedia Deutschland". Wikimedia.de (in German). 2015-11-28. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
5. "Template:APG navigation". Meta-Wiki. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
6. Fontanills (2012), p. 81
7. Wikimedia Chapters
8. "Wikimedia Thailand". Facebook.
9. "Resolution: Recognition of Wikimedia Uruguay". Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki. Archived from the original on Apr 1, 2024.
10. Lokshin, Kirill (7 Feb 2017). "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Hong Kong". lists.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on Oct 5, 2020.
11. Malul, Maor (22 Apr 2017). "[Wikimedia-l] Chapter De-Recognition: Wikimedia Philippines". lists.wikimedia.org. Archived from the original on Sep 12, 2020.
12. "Wikimedia movement affiliates/Formerly Active Affiliates". Meta-Wiki. Archived from the original on Oct 5, 2022.

Bibliography

• Fuster Morell, Mayo (2011). "The Wikimedia Foundation and the Governance of Wikipedia's Infrastructure". In Geert Lovink; Nathaniel Tkacz (eds.). Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader. Institute of Network Cultures. ISBN 978-90-78146-13-1.
• Konieczny, P (November 2009). "Wikipedia: Community or Social Movement". Interface. 1 (2 ed.): 212–232.
• Fontanills, David Gómez (May 2012). "Academic research into Wikipedia". Digithum (14): 77–87. ISSN 1575-2275.
• Various. "Wikimedia chapters". Wikimedia Foundation.